Sometimes life feels like a succession of quiet humiliations and gently wounding indignities, doesn't it

Niv does good words and you should read them imo

From myself and the whole team at @eurogamer.bsky.social, a very fond farewell and huge thank you to our friends and colleagues (thread).💙

Probably the most I’ve cried since the last few minutes of Hamnet

Can someone do me a solid? I can't remember if it was on here or Twitter, but someone posted a really terrible poem - I *think* it was submitted to the Daily Mail - that was ostensibly about Brexit/immigrants but mentioned pirates at some point? It was abysmal, and therefore extremely funny

Why did this immediately make me think of @strongmisgiving.bsky.social

I frequently preface approaches to people with “sorry to bother”, and I will add that it’s not always a childhood thing

Unlocked! It was just released on Switch yesterday, so perfect timing. On Öoo, the new gold standard of puzzle platformers:

This is interesting. For me, one of the great achievements of Chalamet's performance in Marty is that he manages to keep you invested in the obnoxious little shit. But I didn't find Rose Byrne's character in If I Had Legs... remotely unlikeable. Does she make bad choices? Sure. Don't we all?

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I’m finally getting some free time, so these beauties arrived just in time: — Outer Wilds book from Lost In Cult www.lostincult.co.uk/outerwilds — amazing new issue of the Cranko! magazine about Playdate cranknockout.com — Keza MacDonald’s new book on Nintendo

Perfection.

Idly wondering how Highguard does in the universe where it doesn't get that last TGA slot. Perhaps it doesn't become an internet punching bag. Perhaps players go in expecting a little less and it's thus more likely to win them over. Or perhaps it just gets overlooked entirely. We'll never know.

I now have copies of The Console in hand and am very happy to sell to any UK folks who may want a copy at £15 (that includes 2nd class postage). Can sign/personalise if wanted. Message me here or leave a comment and I can get in touch. It's a good book? I think? Idk.

Extremely tempted to double dip - feels like Öoo spiritually *belongs* on Switch somehow

Man you want to participate in something and then someone gives an answer so objectively correct that there’s no point adding onto it

Will never entirely understand the (bizarrely prevalent) attitude of: well, a game quite like this exists already, so it's pointless for this other, ostensibly similar game to exist!

Okay, give Rose Byrne the Oscar

THRILLED to be on @simonparkin.bsky.social's brilliant podcast, what an honour. If you want to hear me ramble through basically my entire life history via video games, cue it up

had a death in the family and was almost completely off the internet for a few days & my observation is that there is too much happening too fast such that basic facts abt the world are difficult to ascertain unless you are mainlining info all the time & doing that seems to drive people insane

Breathtakingly stupid, short-sighted and wrong. Basically waving through the biggest art heist in human history

Wonderful game

Ah, I see a film called Bring Her Back is on Sky Premiere? Sally Hawkins is such an effervescent screen presence, I'm sure that'll do the trick

Having watched If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, Die My Love, The Chronology of Water and Hamnet in recent weeks, I would like to see a film where a woman has a really nice and non-traumatic time please

Thing is, the new Scary Movie looks exactly like the old Scary Movies (derogatory)

In this week's Disk Cleanup, @caraellison.bsky.social took me on a tour of her PC. We talked about Titanium Court, Bloodlines, Vertigo and David Mamet's penguins. www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/ca...

I'm getting highly offended by posts celebrating the 30th anniversary of movies that came out in the 90s, which was only 10 years ago.

reviewed Banquet for Fools, an RPG that crafts its world, and your passage through it, with immense confidence in its vision and in you. made me think of D&D (and of Dragon's Dogma, which makes me think of D&D) in what games can accomplish when they trust you www.slantmagazine.com/games/banque...

Finally got around to watching F1, which is obviously never going to win Best Picture but is such a bizarre nominee. It's not *terrible* but there's nothing in there that makes me understand why it's an awards contender. I pity whoever has to make the case for it in the Graun's Oscar hustings.

Find it hard to believe Chelsea don’t have a better keeper on their books than Sanchez

When a company in an industry built on hype tells you that a use case is a bad idea—and actually dangerous—that means it’s a *catastrophically* bad idea.

"Oubliette" is a good word, isn't it

I just want to give a bump to the fundraiser for Patrick Dane's family as they deal with the long aftermath of the horrific car accident that took him away from us all. They need it for the enormous costs incurred. Time off work. Fights. Hotels. Etc. www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Dropped it to £160 after seeing what worse condition headsets were going for.

Well then. After 9 years my role of Editorial Director at Eurogamer/IGNE has been made redundant. If you’re reading this and feel I have a lot of valuable experience (I do), I’m keen to explore any opportunities (full time, consulting, other) in the games industry. I am great.

World of Horror is getting an official board game, where players fight for survival in a card-based RPG. And you can pre-order it now at Lost in Cult. #IGNFanFest

Metacritic has sent a reminder email to all games site editors/publishers which is pretty strong, and great:

This is just absurdly good, one of the coolest things we've ever made

AI people are so stupid and lazy.

Oh hell yeah

Oh, for fuck's sake. Thoughts with all those affected

I specifically got 9 hour drip cold black coffee for RE9 btw

(sea monster bio) You've probably seen my writhing in The Atlantic

The latest newsletter for Tactical Breach Wizards is good stuff. There's an apology.